Reliving Those Times That Ended Too Soon
Did you ever have a day, an hour or maybe just 10 minutes that were so great you wished you could relive that time?
If everybody wants to be a child again and if high school really is the best time of your life, then teen-agers must have dozens of special memories.
Hot Topics wonders, “Which one moment of your life would you most like to relive?”
“Being the wicked queen in ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ That was our school play in seventh grade.”
Denise Moharsky, 14, freshman, Huntington Beach
“The day, a couple of weeks ago, when the waves were really great because I love to surf.”
Joe Hinshaw, 17, senior, Trabuco Hills
“A day back in November, 1988, because that’s when I met my boyfriend.”
Bethany Doss, 16, junior, Dana Hills
“The time on my trip to Canada with friends when we went cruising around Yorkville (Toronto).”
Rebeca Cerna, 15, sophomore, Mater Dei
“The last day of school of eighth grade, so all my friends could be together again.”
Elizabeth Galavez, 15, freshman, Santa Ana Valley
“When I went water-skiing for the first time.”
Leonie Wynhoven, 15, sophomore, Los Alamitos
“Valentine’s Day, because I just had a really nice time with my boyfriend, and my sister was engaged that day.”
Helen Sanders, 17, senior, Trabuco Hills
“The day Jose Contreras asked me out in junior high.”
Erika Vaca, 15, freshman, Santa Ana Valley
“When I got to see my brother go into the Army in Alabama, because it makes me happy to know he’s starting a good career.”
Kevin Van Gusen, 15, freshman, Costa Mesa
“Going to Texas and ice-skating there last summer.”
Heather Peters, 14, freshman, Laguna Hills
“My birth. I bet it was really fun.”
David Lyon, 16, junior, El Toro
“When I had a jazz recital and did really well. I got one of the lead parts.”
Carolyn Frank, 14, freshman, Irvine
“The first day of my trip to Australia. I got to stay with a host family and they showed me around.”
Paul Chang, 16, junior, Capistrano Valley
“When me and my friends went to a football game against Costa Mesa. That was one of the only games we won.”
Kelly Baker, 15, sophomore, Woodbridge
“When I ran for eighth-grade rep, because when I finished everyone was applauding. That was great.”
Thai Truong, 16, junior, Santa Ana Valley
“I swim, and I would relive the CIF Relays last year, when we won the 400 relays by a touch.”
Becy Bush, 16, junior, Irvine
“On my vacation in Hawaii, where I went snorkeling.”
Susan Chen, 16, junior, University
“I wish I could relive that moment on the beach with Travis LeBlanc.”
Desiree Hansen, 17, senior, Capistrano Valley
“The day two years ago in algebra (class) when I met my friend. We just sat down next to each other and started talking.”
Pam Short, 17, senior, Laguna Hills
“The day I won a beach volleyball tournament about six months ago.”
Andrew Pong, 15, sophomore, El Toro
“My fetal stages in my mother. I’m sure it was interesting.”
Kati Szelap, 16, junior, Trabuco Hills
“One of the days I ditched school and went to the beach.”
Mary Lopez, 18, senior, Santa Ana
“My 13th birthday because I was finally a teen.”
Dustin Hall, 16, junior, Newport Harbor
“One Saturday night with my friends when we went to the shops and movies over by UC Irvine. It was just really fun.”
Cynthia Huynh, 15, sophomore, Saddleback
“I would relive one of my recesses when I was about 8 years old.”
Carri Ruiz, 17, senior, Costa Mesa
“The day I got my driver’s license.”
Dan Nyguen, 17, senior, Tustin
“The Cure concert last summer.”
Lisa Tran, 15, sophomore, Costa Mesa
“The first time I went to Tijuana. We had so much fun.”
Nina Rennie, 17, senior, Costa Mesa
“The day my family and I went to see Harvard University. It was so pretty.”
Marie Hseu, 13, freshman, Dana Hills
“The day I surfed in Kaui with my friends.”
R.S. Elliot, 17, junior, Newport Harbor
“When eight of us went in a limo to Hollywood for graduation.”
Sheila Soufizadeh, 14, freshman, Edison
“My first concert--New Kids on the Block.”
Sonali Somalwar, 16, junior, Trabuco Hills
“One of my high school pep assemblies. The best-looking girl in the school had to change her shirt in a sleeping bag, and she lost the sleeping bag.”
David Dickens, 16, junior, El Toro
“The day my cousin was baptized, because he’s my favorite cousin and I’m his godfather.”
Brian Adams, 16,
freshman, Laguna Hills
“My swim league finals, because I had the satisfaction of winning and knowing I had done my best. “
Charlene Walters, 17, senior, Santa Ana Valley
“The Harvest Festival in Irvine because it was a really fun experience.”
Shilo Snyder, 15, sophomore, Woodbridge
“On a mission trip in Oregon with my youth group, we played a game of ‘sardines’--it’s kind of like hide and go seek--and we hid in a dark bathroom. When they turned on the light, cockroaches were all over the floor and everyone screamed. It was hilarious.”
Marin Browning, 15 sophomore, Tustin